City In Review: Chicago

Edgewater · 2026-04

Edgewater permit value up 22% to $11.6M

Edgewater logged $11.6 million in permit value this April, up 22.5% from March, though the number of permits fell to 40. Express permits accounted for 29 of those. Seventeen new businesses opened, including TACO BELL CATINA, CBD Kratom, and Smokes on Clark. Crime dropped 34% to 133 incidents; violent offenses fell 26% to 43. Residents filed 1,324 service requests, led by 130 pothole complaints and 94 graffiti removals.

By the numbers

Building permits40
Declared construction value$11,585,590
New business licenses17
Business closings (proxy)1
311 service requests1324
Reported crimes133
Violent crimes43
Failed food inspections0

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